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  2. Josette Rivera, MD

Josette Rivera, MD

Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Geriatrics Fellowship, 2007 - School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview
M.D., 2001 - School of Medicine, University of Rochester
Honors and Awards
  • Outstanding Service Award, UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2016
  • Induction, UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2015
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2012
  • Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence Faculty Scholar, 2012
Websites
  • UCSF Division of Geriatrics
  • Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center
Publications
  1. Brode EC, Bernal JM, Cornes SB, Santhosh L, Rivera JA, Kulkarni SA, Mandal JR, Henry DM, Bartz KS, Van Schaik SM. Faculty Development for the People: Workplace-Based Solutions for Busy Clinicians. 2025. PMID: 40159456


  2. O'Brien BC, Collins S, Haddock LM, Sani S, Rivera JA. More Than Maintaining Competence: A Qualitative Study of How Physicians Conceptualize and Engage in Lifelong Learning. 2024. PMID: 38974779


  3. Haddock L, Rivera J, O'Brien BC. Learning Together: Co-Learning Among Faculty and Trainees in the Clinical Workplace. 2022. PMID: 35830270


  4. Rivera J, O'Brien B, Wamsley M. "Getting Out of That Siloed Mentality Early": A Qualitative Study of Interprofessional Learning in a Longitudinal Placement for Early Medical Students. 2019. PMID: 31274523


  5. Rivera J, de Lisser R, Dhruva A, Fitzsimmons A, Hyde S, Reddy S, Tsourounis C, Adler SR. Integrative Health: An Interprofessional Standardized Patient Case for Prelicensure Learners. 2018. PMID: 30800915


  6. O'Brien BC, Little JW, Wamsley M, Cook JG, Yuan P, Rivera J, Cianciolo AT, Dahlgren MA, Ng SL, Stillsmoking KL. Emergent is Authentic: A Sociomaterial Perspective on Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education. 2017. PMID: 29020519


  7. Brown RT, Ahalt C, Rivera J, Stijacic Cenzer I, Wilhelm A, Williams BA. Good Cop, Better Cop: Evaluation of a Geriatrics Training Program for Police. 2017. PMID: 28436006


  8. Chen AK, Rivera J, Rotter N, Green E, Kools S. Interprofessional education in the clinical setting: A qualitative look at the preceptor's perspective in training advanced practice nursing students. 2016. PMID: 27710811


  9. Reeves S, Fletcher S, Barr H, Birch I, Boet S, Davies N, McFadyen A, Rivera J, Kitto S. A BEME systematic review of the effects of interprofessional education: BEME Guide No. 39. 2016. PMID: 27146438


  10. Rivera JA, O'Hare AM, Harper GM. Update on the management of chronic kidney disease. 2012. PMID: 23062158


  11. Rivera JA, Fried LP, Weiss CO, Simonsick EM. At the tipping point: predicting severe mobility difficulty in vulnerable older women. 2008. PMID: 18808598


  12. Rivera JA, Levine RB, Wright SM. Completing a scholarly project during residency training. Perspectives of residents who have been successful. 2005. PMID: 15857496


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